Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Junior High School principal Lance Boldt gave the curriculum report at Tuesday night's Centralia City Schools board meeting, highlighting several of the school's notable events and achieveme...

by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois March 10, 2026 Article Summary A Cook County man is challenging a state law that prohibits people convicted of any felony from ever owning or possessing a firea...

The National Weather Service has identified four tornado tracks in the Metro-East during the severe thunderstorms early Wednesday morning. One of the tornadoes in the St. Libory area of southwest St. ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports Fayette, Jefferson and Marion Counties were the top three counties in the state during the recently completed wild turkey archery season. The total...

A 45-year-old Iuka man has been sentenced in Clay County Court to five years in prison for reckless homicide. William Shufeldt had pleaded guilty to the charge in January and was sentenced to the maxi...

Six people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 28-year-old Justice Carpenter of Foxville Road in Kell was arrested at the courthouse on a no bond Perry County fe...

Marion County Clerk Steve Fox has announced an emergency temporary polling place for those who normally vote at the Marion County Exhibit Building. Due to a conflict, voters in Salem precincts 1, 2, 5...

The Marion County Board is seeking a $2-million federal grant through Congressman Mike Bost to purchase and renovate the former Quad County Ready Mix plant for a new county highway garage. Highway Sup...

Ollie's Bargain Outlet is now open in the former Big Lots building in the Fairview Shopping Center in Centralia. The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning to we...

Area residents woke up Wednesday morning to severe thunderstorm warnings and even a tornado warning in Washington County as the latest line of severe weather pushed through the area. Washington County...